In 2025, UEH worked with its Trade Union to implement staff hunger interventions and essential-goods assistance, particularly for employees experiencing financial hardship or unexpected personal difficulties. Support included rice, food, household necessities, Tet gifts and other material assistance to reduce pressure on essential living costs. The programmes were preventative welfare measures and targeted relief; receiving a general welfare gift did not necessarily mean that the recipient was food insecure.
The UEH Trade Union coordinated seasonal assistance, individual hardship visits and financial support for workers, while the university maintained workplace canteens, shared microwaves, filtered drinking water and other facilities. These services enabled staff to access meals or bring food from home according to their dietary needs and budgets.
In 2025, UEH also provided food-service arrangements at large staff events, including vegetarian meal choices at UEH Day. A cooperation agreement with SATRA established the basis for potential future access to safe and affordable retail food. Direct distribution of food and essentials remained the primary intervention, supported by workplace food amenities and longer-term partnerships.
| Intervention measures | Object | Deployment | Result |
| Taking care of Tet celebrations for civil servants, workers, and retired teachers. | UEH staff and employees; staff members in difficult circumstances; retired teachers. | During the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Snake 2025, the UEH Trade Union, in coordination with the University, organized a program to care for the lives of staff and employees by preparing and giving Tet gifts, including rice, food, and other necessities for family life.
The initiative, implemented throughout the UEH Trade Union system, aims to directly support the essential needs of employees, reduce spending pressure during the Tet holiday, and strengthen the bond and connection between the University and its staff. In parallel, the Trade Union carries out activities to visit and express gratitude to retired teachers and staff, as well as the families of deceased staff members, demonstrating the continuity of the program to care for their material and spiritual well-being.
Image: Comrade Nguyen Thien Duy – Chairman of the UEH Trade Union reporting on the results of activities in 2025. Source of evidence: UEH Trade Union Activity Review Conference 2025 and Implementation Program for 2026: Towards the 50th Anniversary of UEH (UEH Portal, January 21, 2026)
Image: 8 outstanding achievements of the UEH Trade Union in 2025 Source of evidence: 8 outstanding achievements of UEH Trade Union: Accompanying – Connecting – Spreading ONE UEH culture (UEH Portal – undated, approximately 02/2026) |
According to the UEH Trade Union’s activity report for the first six months of 2025:
– 986 officials and employees currently working received Tet gifts (rice, food, essential goods, and other material support). – 417 retired teachers and officials were visited and given gifts. 20 families of deceased retired officials were also visited. – The total cost for activities related to celebrating Tet was nearly 547 million VND. |
| Activities to visit and support the lives of officials and employees in difficult circumstances. | UEH staff and employees who are facing economic difficulties, illness, or unforeseen events affecting their living conditions. | In 2025, the UEH Trade Union continued its work of understanding the circumstances, visiting and mobilizing resources to support union members, staff, and workers facing difficulties. The activities aim to reduce the pressure of living expenses and help workers maintain essential needs during times of crisis. | Approximately over 114 million VND was given to support workers in difficult circumstances.
Forms of support include visits, encouragement, provision of essential supplies, and material assistance depending on the actual circumstances, helping to reduce spending pressure and enabling workers to maintain their essential needs and those of their families. This activity is an addition to the Tet holiday welfare program, demonstrating care and support for workers during times of hardship. |
| Group meals, including vegetarian options, were provided for staff at UEH Day 2025. | Lecturers, staff, and employees of UEH participated in UEH Day 2025. | On May 21, 2025, UEH announced the registration plan for vegetarian meals for attendees of UEH Day 2025, held from July 24 to 26, 2025 in Khanh Hoa. Vegetarian meal options were available for all sessions of the program. Participants should register their preferences before the event so that the Organizing Committee can proactively prepare the menu.
Image: Announcement for registering for vegetarian meals for UEH Day 2025 |
Within the framework of UEH Day 2025, held from July 24-26, 2025 in Khanh Hoa, the Organizing Committee arranged vegetarian meals for all food service sessions, serving according to the pre-registered needs of participants.
This activity demonstrates UEH’s proactive integration of vegetarian food options into the logistics of large-scale events, serving as further evidence of its collective meal service for nearly 900 UEHers. |
| Canteen serving staff and employees at various facilities. | Officials, employees, and workers at facility N, facility B, and the dormitory at 43-45 Nguyen Chi Thanh. | The school selected the canteens through a public auction, with contracts specifying their purpose of serving students and staff; the new contract for the canteen at campus N was signed on April 10, 2025.
The operating unit must comply with the Green University Practice Regulations regarding food safety and traceability.
Image: Quality-assured canteen at the Nguyen Van Linh campus. Source of evidence: Nguyen Van Linh Campus – UEH’s green, smart, and international learning space (UEH Portal – page without a posting date, image uploaded September 13, 2025) – Original image file |
Employees have access to safe, affordable meals right at their workplace.
The canteen at Dormitory 43–45 Nguyen Chi Thanh is open from 6:30 AM to 9:30 PM daily, including holidays and Tet (Lunar New Year). |
| Microwave ovens and public water purifiers for staff. | Officials and employees at UEH facilities. | Microwave ovens are provided for staff and students to heat up their packed meals; water dispensers with paper cups are also available along the corridors.
Image: Microwave ovens for staff and students at facility N. Source of evidence: UEH Green Campus – Sustainable Food Procurement (UEH Green Campus) |
Officials save on food costs by bringing their own meals. |
| Welfare program and preferential pricing for the UEH and SATRA partnership. | Officials and employees of UEH. | On June 19, 2025, UEH and SATRA signed a cooperation agreement for the period 2025–2030, aiming to develop facilities serving the UEH community and enhance welfare programs.
The agreement provides a basis for UEH and SATRA to research and develop solutions to improve the quality of services and access to essential goods for faculty, staff, and students, in line with the development orientation of a safe and affordable food supply system on the university campus.
Image: Overview of the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between UEH and SATRA Source of evidence: UEH and Saigon Trading Corporation – Limited Liability Company (SATRA) signed a cooperation agreement (UEH Portal, June 20, 2025) – Original image file |
The signing of the agreement has been completed, laying the foundation for the development of amenities and welfare programs for UEH staff, employees, and the community.
Based on the agreement, both parties will gradually implement solutions to supply safe, traceable food at reasonable prices, including incentive programs, convenience store systems, and activities to promote clean agricultural products in the next phase. The SATRA collaboration is the result of resource preparation and development in 2025, supplementing the food and essential supplies support measures already directly implemented by UEH. |
Results of implementing measures to support food and living conditions for officials and employees in 2025
In 2025, measures to support food and essential living conditions for staff and workers at UEH continued to be implemented through the care activities of the University and the UEH Trade Union, combining direct support with food and essential goods with the provision of meals at the workplace.
A highlight of 2025 was the Lunar New Year (Tet) welfare program, in which 986 active civil servants and employees received Tet gifts, including rice, food, essential goods, and other forms of material support. In addition, the Trade Union visited and presented gifts to 417 retired teachers and civil servants, and 20 families of deceased retired civil servants and employees, with a total Tet welfare expenditure of nearly 547 million VND. The distribution of food and essential goods to active staff was a key example of intervention to support essential needs; the activities honoring retirees were recognized as supplementary welfare achievements.
Compared to 2024, UEH continues to uphold its tradition of caring for employees during Tet (Lunar New Year), visiting and supporting their material well-being, while maintaining the canteen system and food service facilities at its campuses. In 2025, these welfare activities are expected to yield concrete results in terms of the number of beneficiaries and the budget spent; the provision of meals for nearly 900 UEHers at UEH Day 2025 further demonstrates the UEH’s commitment to addressing the nutritional needs of its staff during collective events. In addition to the activities already undertaken, the cooperation agreement with SATRA, signed in 2025, lays the foundation for expanding welfare programs and improving access to affordable food in the next phase.
These results show that UEH continues to maintain and develop forms of support for livelihoods, in which the provision of rice, food, and essential goods directly contributes to reducing the financial burden on staff and employees. Through coordination between the University and the Trade Union, UEH promotes preventive measures and minimizes the risk of food shortages, in line with SDG 2 – Zero Hunger and SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.